Thailand: Nudity-Loving Gang Causes Ruckus In Chiang Mai – OpEd
By Casey Hynes There’s a new gang in Chiang Mai, Thailand’s major northern city, and they’re causing quite a ruckus about town. The Rock Mode Gang created a stir in the past week with their nude videos...
View ArticleIslamic Freedom In ASEAN – Analysis
Almost half of the 629 million people living within the ASEAN region are Muslims. Within the ten countries of ASEAN, three countries Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia have Muslim majorities,...
View ArticleFinding A Long Term Solution In The ‘Deep South’ Of Thailand – Analysis
With the apparent stall in negotiations between the Thai Government and Barisan Revolusi Patani (BRN) over the violence of the ‘Deep South’, one must start considering how long before a solution to...
View ArticleIndia Deepens Defence Ties With Indo-Pacific Nations – Analysis
Introduction The year 2013 is witnessing a flurry of diplomatic activities with heads of state, defence and foreign ministers and defence officials making visits to state capitals across Asia and the...
View ArticleIndia And Thailand: Bilateral Trajectory After Indian Prime Minister’s Visit...
By Aparupa Bhattacherjee Manmohan Singh’s official visit from 30-31 May 2013 to Thailand is the second one by an Indian Prime Minister since Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2004. What did India and Thailand...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Conflicts Ignited United States Pivot To Asia Pacific – Analysis
By Dr. Subhash Kapila The United States possibly would have preferred to delay its strategic pivot to Asia Pacific till 2014 by which time the planned draw-down of US military forces from Afghanistan...
View ArticleCalls For Egypt-Style Soft Coup In Thailand: Why They Will Fail – Analysis
Unresolved conflict and continuing divisions within Thailand have sparked calls for an Egypt-style soft coup. Military intervention will not resolve the problems of a country that has learnt from a...
View ArticleLeaders Of Infamous Human Trafficking Gang Arrested In Southern Thailand
By Nang Mya Nadi Thai authorities in the last week have rounded up three leading members of a Burmese human trafficking gang responsible for selling hundreds of their fellow countrymen into slavery and...
View ArticleThailand: Release And Protect Rohingya ‘Boat People’ – HRW
Thailand’s government should release ethnic Rohingya from Burma who are detained under inhumane and unsafe conditions, and ensure their protection needs are met, Human Rights Watch said today. On...
View ArticleA Tale Of Two Farms: Agricultural Support In India And Thailand – Analysis
For agricultural subsidies to be efficient in improving farmers’ incomes and eradicating hunger, holistic policy intervention is required. Complementary policies such as increased access to credit and...
View ArticleTap Oil Releases Manora Oil Development Update
Tap Oil Limited released Sunday an update on the Manora oil development project in the Northern Gulf of Thailand (TAP 30% interest). Mubadala Petroleum, the Operator of the Manora joint venture, has...
View ArticleAre SE Asia’s Karaoke Girls Deprived Of Opportunity? – Analysis
By Murray HunterMost discussion about prostitution in Southeast Asia of late has been focused upon the issues of human trafficking and sex tourism across the region. However, with the exception of...
View ArticleThailand’s Reconciliation Forum: How To Do It Better – Analysis
By RSISThe Thai government recently held a reconciliation forum that involved some high-profile international figures such as Tony Blair and Martti Ahtisaari. Not surprisingly, key players were not...
View ArticlePhilippines And Thailand: Need For Regional Peace Initiatives – Analysis
By IPCSBy Aparupa Bhattacherjee Since the beginning of September this year, the city of Zamboanga, Philippines is witnessing clashes between militant groups and the Filipino National Army. The row...
View ArticleThailand: Five Journalists Wounded When Second Bomb Follows First
By Eurasia ReviewFive journalists who went to cover a roadside bombing in the far-south province of Narathiwat on 19 October were injured by a second bomb that went off around 45 minutes after the...
View ArticleHindus Express Condolences On Thai Buddhist Patriarch Nyanasamvara’s Death
By Eurasia ReviewHindus have offered heartfelt condolences on the death of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch of Thailand revered worldwide, on October 24 in Bangkok (Thailand)....
View ArticleThailand: Appeal Court Urged To Overturn Website Editor’s Conviction
By Eurasia ReviewA Bangkok court will Friday hear Prachatai news website editor Chiranuch Premchaiporn’s appeal against her conviction on a charge of lèse-majesté for failing to remove visitor comments...
View ArticleThailand: Appeal Court Upholds Website Editor’s Wrongful Vonviction
By Eurasia ReviewReporters Without Borders said Tuesday it condemns today’s decision by a Bangkok appeal court to uphold Prachatainews website editor Chiranuch Premchaiporn’s May 2012 conviction on a...
View ArticleBooming Thailand Consumer Market Seen Offers Opportunities For EU Businesses
By Eurasia ReviewThailand is one of the most advanced economies in the ASEAN region, and helping European companies expand into its market could bring great benefits to enterprises on both sides,...
View ArticleBangladesh Aid Restrictions Impact Rohingyas – Analysis
By IRINLimited humanitarian access continues to have an adverse effect on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh. Aid workers and activists say Rohingya...
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